OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 7:14

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14

Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.

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Verse 14. Good, but very pernicious, (Matthew 5:37. Revelation 21:8. Saint Augustine Mend.) though some have thought that lies might be told to prevent evil. Orig. and so forth Calmet.

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